In the city of Dijon, France, recent archaeological excavations conducted on Turgot Street have unveiled a fascinating panorama of land-use transformations over the centuries. From a Gallic-era funerary site to its later conversion into agricultural land during the modern period, this location holds a rich history of cultural and social practices deserving of thorough exploration. […]
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The Bronze Fragments That Allowed the Reconstruction of the Celtic Calendar
In November 1897, Alphonse Roux, a farmer, discovered what appeared to be a cloth bag, whose fibers had dissolved over time, buried about 30 centimeters underground while working in a field at a place called Verpoix in the municipality of Coligny (in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France). Inside, there were 550 bronze fragments. The pieces, […]
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Monumental Late Antiquity Installation Around a Large Spring, which is still Active Today, found in France
Before the works on RN147 in the Limoges-Bellac section in south-central France, archaeologists from Inrap excavated an area of 8800 square meters and discovered an ancient agropastoral occupation and evidence of an atypical monumental installation from the 3rd century, around a spring catchment. The site provides unprecedented information about the development of the territory of […]
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Aedui, the Celtic People who Considered Themselves the Romans’ Brothers and Kinsmen
The conflict known as the Gallic Wars was a military struggle fought between the Roman proconsul Julius Caesar and the Gallic tribes between 58 and 51 BC. These were not a handful of barbarians; on the contrary, they were civilized tribes with a significant influence from Rome, most of which had abandoned the monarchical system […]
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Ambiorix’s Revolt, when the Gauls annihilated fifteen Roman cohorts with a cunning ruse
Strictly speaking, the term genocide was not formulated until 1939, being legally defined as a crime in 1948. However, as a concept (deliberate and systematic extermination of a human group), it is possible to recognize it in some historical episodes, some on a large scale and others on a smaller scale. One of those often […]
